The Swiss Federal Council has imposed additional restrictive measures against Belarus, joining the European Union sanctions package adopted on 23 April 2026. This was announced by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). The new measures entered into force on 19 September 2026. Earlier, on 22 May, the Federal Department...
Police arrest two suspects over alleged terror plot against Manchester’s Jewish community
Сounter-terrorism police have announced the arrest of two men as part of an investigation into a suspected terrorist plot targeting the Jewish community in the Manchester area of northern England. The suspects, both in their 30s, were arrested on Sunday, 20 September, on Newton Street in central Manchester on suspicion...
Shadows of the Third Reich in AfD politics
After Germany’s defeat in the Second World War in 1945, the country built its subsequent political system on the principle that a repeat of the political catastrophe of the Third Reich must be impossible. The new political order of the Federal Republic of Germany rested on recognition of and acceptance...
Lithuanian Seimas backs removal of constitutional ban on nuclear weapons
Lithuania’s parliament has approved in the first reading a bill to strike from the Constitution the article that prohibits the deployment of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, on the country’s territory. The initiative received 99 votes in favour, 13 against and five abstentions. Article 137 of Lithuania’s Constitution,...
EU extends personal sanctions against Russia until 2029
The Council of the European Union on 22 September 2026 extended individual restrictive measures targeting people and entities that Brussels holds responsible for undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The sanctions will remain in force until 22 September 2029 — the first time they have been prolonged for 36 months rather than...
Pro-Russian media in Slovakia and the Czech Republic disguise Kremlin narratives as internal EU criticism
Against the backdrop of a renewed EU debate on extending anti-Russian sanctions, some Slovak and Czech pro-Russian media outlets have begun promoting more aggressively the idea that further support for Ukraine is pointless and should be reduced. Zem&Vek and Pravý Prostor stood out in particular. The Slovak outlet framed the...
Paris tightens protection of critical infrastructure and defense industry sites over Russian hybrid warfare threat
The threat of Russian hybrid warfare against Europe is “real and documented” by the majority of European intelligence services, including France’s, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on BFMTV. Downplaying that threat would be irresponsible, he said. Sabotage and drone incidents across Europe are becoming systematic. Nuñez cited an attempted...
Canada invites the UK to join an economic alliance with the EU
Canada’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, has called on the United Kingdom to “team up” with a nascent economic alliance between Canada and Europe. He made the remarks in an interview with the BBC. The proposal, he said, is not about formal membership, but about building an “alliance of the future”...
French far-right leaders unexpectedly issue a harsh condemnation of Russia’s actions
Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally group in the French National Assembly, and party president Jordan Bardella issued a joint statement categorically condemning Moscow’s actions. The politicians called Russia’s decision to place the assets of French and European companies operating in Russia under temporary administration a hostile act...
Fico accuses the West of pushing NATO toward war with Russia
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in a video address posted on social media on Saturday that the West has for more than four years been “needlessly pouring oil on the fire” in Ukraine. In his view, the strategy of “destroying Russia” through the war has failed, and some Western...